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using System;


namespace Amarok
{
	/// <summary>
	/// This interface represents an object with an object-id.
	/// 
	/// The object-id consists of the object's type-name and an optional instance-name. The object's type-name is 
	/// constant. In contrast, the object's instance-name can be set and changed during the object's lifetime. The 
	/// resulting object-id, a String formatted as "type-name[:instance-name]", can be used to distinguish one 
	/// object instance from other object instances.
	/// </summary>
	public interface IIdentifiableObject
	{
		/// <summary>
		/// Gets a String formatted as "type-name[:instance-name]" that represents the object-id of this object 
		/// instance. The instance-name is null by default, but can be changed throughout the object's lifetime.
		/// </summary>
		String ObjectId
		{
			get;
		}

	}
}
